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Diagnostic Imaging in Combat Trauma

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Armed Conflict Injuries to the Extremities

Treatment of combat injury, defined as a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat, has become an increasingly important aspect of modern medicine. Advances in medical care and improvements in both body and vehicle armor have combined to increase a wounded soldier’s odds of survival from 76.4% during the Vietnam War [30] to 90.4% in Iraq [7].

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    Ahuva Engel, Daniela Militianu & Amos Ofer

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    Ahuva Engel, Daniela Militianu & Amos Ofer

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Engel, A., Militianu, D., Ofer, A. (2011). Diagnostic Imaging in Combat Trauma. In: Lerner, A., Soudry, M. (eds) Armed Conflict Injuries to the Extremities. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16155-1_7

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